LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

clītellae

clītellae f pl (genitive clītellārum)
Classical[kliːˈtɛl.lae̯]Ecclesiastical[kliˈtɛl.le]

Meaning

  1. pluralplural onlypacksaddle

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeclītellaclītellae
genitive—clītellārum
dative—clītellīs
accusativeclītellamclītellās
ablativeclītellāclītellīs
vocativeclītellaclītellae

clītellae, ārum, f.,
I. a pack-saddle put upon beasts of burden, especially upon asses, a sumpter-saddle, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 91; Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 5, 13, 40; Hor. S. 1, 5, 47; id. Ep. 1, 13, 8; Phaedr. 1, 15, 8.—Prov.: bovi clitellas imponere; v. bos, I.—
II. Meton.
A. The name of a place in Rome: clitellae dicuntur etiam locus Romae propter similitudinem, et in Viā Flaminiā loca quaedam devexa subinde et accliva, Paul. ex Fest. p. 59, 15 Müll.—
B. An instrument of torture: est etiam tormenti genus eodem nomine appellatum, Paul. l. l.

Origins

From Proto-Italic *kleitrelā, diminutive of *kleitrā, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱléy-treh₂ (“shelter, covering”), from *ḱley- (“to shelter, cover”) + *-treh₂.

In English words that came into English from clītellae

  • clitellumclitellum
  • clitellusclitella

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesClitellaeClitellae (κανθήλια), a pair of panniers, and therefore only used in the plural number. (Hor. Sat. 1.5, 47; Plaut. Most. 3.2, 91.) In Italy they were …

Quick answers

What does clītellae mean in Latin?
clītellae, a noun, means “packsaddle”.
What is the genitive of clītellae?
The genitive singular is clītellārum. clītellae is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce clītellae?
In classical Latin, [kliːˈtɛl.lae̯]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [kliˈtɛl.le].